How Many Of You Call your boss by his first name?
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I work directly for the CEO and I call him Mike. He is good with it.
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When I talk in first person, I call my boss by her first name. Seriously, though, every job I've ever had, from small time min wage to professional, the boss expected to be called by his or her first name.
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me
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My boss, Project Director is called Terry. Always called him that. Couldnt possibly call him anything else. Do some people say Mr .... or anything else?
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My boyfriend calls his boss by her first name, i call my boss by his first name i think its actually probably usual to call them by their first name, because it makes things more comfortable for your employers i prefer people who work under me to call me by my first name too
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i call my boss and everyone else I work with by their first name.... but I still call my dad Dad but sometimes I have to use his name which is Dale.
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I call my boss by his first name. Ian.
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I call both of my bosses by their first name. My husband works for them also and they have been friends of my parents, so it would be awkward to call them anything else.
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Yes I do,My Boss and his boss too
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I call mine daddy sometimes. He likes spanking me.
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Yes everyone is called by their first name in our company.
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I do.
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I can, but then people look at me strangely because I'm talking to myself.
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I do. I think it's much more common nowadays.
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I do. We all use first neames where I work.
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I do, his name is Shit head I call him shit.
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Yeah, I do. He's just.. Ben. Though my nickname for him is Benji...
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I do, too, and have done so at every company where I have worked during the last 5 years (I am 27). The very idea of calling a boss something else (Mr? Ms?) seems really foreign and strange to me.
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I call mine "massa"
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Yup, its pretty much first name bases in the company until you get up to the president. He is called Mr.__
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I do
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i use either, but no "mr." in front because nobody uses them over here
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I call my current boss by his first name but my previous boss I had to call him Mr. (insert his last name) and his wife who was an office manager also insisted that I call her Mrs. (insert her last name). It was at a locally well known attorneys' office.
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I do. All of the time.
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i do hes called tony. only a small firm and hes gotta love me i make him money!
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I do. My boss' name is Chuck.
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I've called every boss I've ever had by his or her first name.
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I always did, I thought he was a great guy!!
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I do. He is a long time friend. My 2 cents.
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I do.
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I don't. I call her ME! :)
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I called all my bosses by their first name. But we had other names to call them besides......lol
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I do! Everyone calls each other by their first names where I work.
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I do, I call all my boss's by their first names, we are a very relaxed company... more worried about the care of the people than the formalities of sir or ma'am
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I just quit my job, but I did call him by his first name. I've never had a job in which I didn't call my boss by his/her first name.
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The only job I have ever had where I didn't use my boss' first name was when I was in the Marine Corps. There you use their rank, but even then I was good friends with many of the senior enlisted, and called them by their first names when we weren't at work.
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My Jamaican manager was very laid back, everyone called her by her first name :3
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I have had a lot of different bosses over the years at different jobs and I called all of them by their first names.
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i do
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Even more ridiculous are those fools who insist on everyone calling them "Boss" instead of their first names? I know a 25 year old idiot (from good ole' family money his family earned during the slave trading years here in Raleigh, NC) who is indignant on everyone calling him "Boss." Even more annoying are my fellow PhDs who answer both their home and work phones, "this is Dr. such and such." Hubris or an extremely Low Self Esteem - it's usually both.
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I do call him.He is a great guy and he appreciates any good thing he comes across. My Previous boss was a big *******.He expected Sir from everyone all the time.Insane Jerk!!
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I do - he insists on it. When we first met I asked him if he prefered, "Mr. _______" and he said, "no, just _____" You can't go wrong by calling him/her "Mr.______" or "Ms_______" (Never EVER assume Mrs. or Miss...that can just get you into a peck of trouble right there if you get someone on the wrong day). If they correct you and say that you can call them on a first name basis - all the better, and you've scored points for being repsectful.
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I do and i always have
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I do. I guess I call most everybody by their first name unless they call me Ms. ___ then I will show the same respect and call them Mr/Mrs ____
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I do.
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I do.
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I've never had a job where I didn't call my boss by his/her first name. I don't think I would like to call them anything other than their name.
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I've called every boss I've ever had by their first names.
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I call my boss by first name.
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I have always called all of my bosses by their first name
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I do. Me and my boss are close in age, so it's almost like he's not really my boss at all. He's only 3 years older than me, so we actually hang out sometimes on the weekends.
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yes i do, hed think we were being 'funny if we called him by his title :)
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I've called most of my bosses by their first name. I'm still communicating by email with my future boss, so he'll be Mr. Lastname until I get down there and see if other people call him by his first name.
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Every one at my current job.
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Me.. I actually had nicknames for most of my bosses.
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Every one that I've ever had I've called by their first name.
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we all do where i work is encouraged. but i work from home now so i type their name in im hehe
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I've called all my bosses by their first names.
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I have always referred to my bosses by their first names.
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she told me that i can, but i'm still formal.
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I don't; it is Ms.______ ... in front of her anyway!
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Everybody who answered this question gave the same answer, "Yes, I call(ed) my boss by his first name." Is that unusual?
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I call him by his nickname but that's because he prefers it.
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i work at mcdonalds so we all call eachother by first names.. including bosses and superiors.. i don't even know any of there last names.
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I do. My boss prefers that way.
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I just call mine "sweetheart" or "hon" or "darling" or "wife." : D
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I do...my boss put it out there like that when I was signing my contract.
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I have always called my boss by his or her first name.
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Here! Our firm is a first name basis type of firm.
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no..................After he became my father in law i call him Dad +5
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we all call him by his first and middle name "Pompous Butthead"
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Outside of the military, there isn't a boss I've had that I DIDN'T call by their first name.
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Dont have one now but we all called her by name. and believe me we DID respect her.She needed no artificial barriers to get that she was good at her job, always approachable but THE BOSS.
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me, we call everyone in our office by the first name, though my brother happens to be my boss.
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I call him ... Mr Sensational ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ha! I'm my own boss ... ;))))
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Yes all the time
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Hmmm... now why would I want to do that? Am I joking? *no smile* *dead pan*
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She's Mrs Cork but she really prefers us to just call her -Corky...;p
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Yep all the time...well i think thats whats written on his badge :S
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I always did, in all my jobs.
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Me too. I always did. He is younger than me :(
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I do, and so does everyone else. My work environment is very informal.
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We all call him Moron, a pun on his surname. But not to his face.
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Yep Me too. we are not very formal here.
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yes i call my boss by HER first name
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Where I work, we call everyone by their first names, no matter how high up in the management they are.
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Where i'm working most of us do that,,
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First and last.
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I do. Right up to the owners of the company. +5
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I do.
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I do. I have never called a boss anything but their first name.
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i do...
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I do.
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I do.
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my boss is the owner of the bar i work at and he is also my landlord and yes i call him by his first name
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I work in a really liberal environment. Any boss who requires his subordinates to refer to him by Mr. [last name] has a pretty evident douche bag streak.
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Me.
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Yes.. Lucky thing too! My boss's last name is Zewadszka and i have no idea how to pronounce it properly!
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ive like had only 4 bosses. the first 3 i called them by their first name. the most recent one i say Mr. ____ they will give you a hint. this current one is stuffy and old fashioned.
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My boss asks to be called by is first name but I feel better keeping it on a professional last name basis. I save first names for close friends. My boss is a great guy but I would not be friends with him .
Mrs. C 
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